Year: 2018

  • West High Semi-Annual Talent Show

    West High Semi-Annual Talent Show

    Acts can range anywhere from doing flips to singing, and the proceeds from the admission tickets go toward the Carissa Lamb Scholarship Fund, which will give $500 to help a deserving senior who plans to attend a vocational school or college. (Applications will be ready around Spring Break for those who would like to apply). The…

  • Boy’s Basketball: Preview

    Boy’s Basketball: Preview

     The West basketball team has their first game against Heights High School at West High at 7:30p.m on Friday November 30th . Athletes on the team this basketball season are: Varsity/ Junior Varsity:                     Freshman/ sophomore: Kyriq Barksdale 12th                                           Sundale Buggs 10th Tykwon branch 12th                                           Isaiah Coleman 10th Gabe…

  • The ACT and you; a Junior’s guide to success

    The ACT and you; a Junior’s guide to success

    The ACT is a standardized test that is used to enter most colleges in the United States. The ACT has four multiple choice sections – English, Math, Reading, and Science – with an optional fifth test, Writing, which typically costs extra. The composite score is the average score of the four test scores. Each test…

  • Another coat of paint

    Another coat of paint

    Students at Wichita West High school come together to spray paint the hump, showing off their creativity and spirit.   Students at West High in the Fines Art academy spray painted the hump on Tuesday, September 25th. Many students went out to participate in this opportunity. They brought their own templates they created to put…

  • Fresh Tips, Man

    Fresh Tips, Man

    10 tips for surviving your first year of  high school 1.Take courses YOU feel comfortable with. If you’re comfortable with a challenge, take honors classes. If you just want credits, take the regular courses. You’re not “stupid” or “dumb” if you don’t take honors. 2. Get to know the people in your class. If you…

  • Mass Shootings: A Rising Concern

    Mass Shootings: A Rising Concern

    One of the latest in a long string of mass shootings took place on Sunday, August 26th, in Jacksonville Landing, Florida. David Katz, a 24-year-old from Baltimore, Maryland bought two guns, one with a laser sight attached, to injure nine and murder three, making it the two hundred and thirty-fourth mass shooting this year. As…

  • Schedule changes for Wichita Schools

    Schedule changes for Wichita Schools

    Changes for Wichita Public Schools, budget has increased this 2018-19 school year, allows students to get out 30 minutes earlier, and have extra school days   There are a few changes for West High’s 2018-2019 school year. Some changes are because USD 259 had budget issues last year. BOE agreed that 88% of the new budget…

  • Back in the saddle

    Back in the saddle

    West opens the new year with the Back to School Bash The Back to School Bash took place at West High on August 24th for the 2018-2019 School Year. Targeting Freshmen, it is an event to welcome them and invite upperclassmen to help them settle into the school. We interviewed a couple people who attended…

  • Gearing Up For Homecoming

    Gearing Up For Homecoming

    Next Monday marks the start of Spirit Week, a school-wide activity meant to get the school excited for Homecoming. The idea is to dress up in a certain theme each day, to show school spirit. Monday is Character Day, where you dress up as your favorite character, whether its from a book, movie, T.V. show,…